Aashish and Sricharan Tej win Brilliant Trophy chess titles in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Aashish Reddy and Sricharan Tej of Care Model School won the Open category and the juniors titles respectively in the 235th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar School (Dilsukhnagar) here on Sunday. Sricharan Tej scored six points from six rounds to emerge winner, while Sri Samanvith and Advik Sahasya finished second and third […]

Hyderabad: Aashish Reddy and Sricharan Tej of Care Model School won the Open category and the juniors titles respectively in the 235th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar School (Dilsukhnagar) here on Sunday.

Sricharan Tej scored six points from six rounds to emerge winner, while Sri Samanvith and Advik Sahasya finished second and third with five points each.

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In the Open category, Aashish scored 5.5 points out of six rounds, while Shaik Mohd Irfan and Rishi Pallagani secured second and third places with five points each.

N Raman, retired Assistant Regional Manager, The Hindu, gave away the prizes.

Final placings: Open category: 1. Aashish Reddy Akkavarapu, 2. Shaik Mohd Irfan, 3. Rishi Pallagani, 4. Pramodhkumar Reddy, 5. RVSS Rama Anjaneyulu, 6. Shreyansh Vudayagiti, 7. Dhanush Seshum, 8. JV Srikar, 9. Tarun Sai Thota, 10. P V Satyanarayana.

Boys:

Under-15: 1. Ananda Hariharan (Botswana), 2. K Sai Prashul.

Under-13: 1. R Sai Nigam, 2. M Adithya.

Under-11: 1. G Sri Samanvith, 2. Advik Sahasya Ambati.

Under-9: 1. Pratheek Veekshith, 2. Sai Anirudh Gandham.

Under-7: 1. Abhijeet Gupta, 2. Sai Sivanand.

 

Girls:

Under-15: 1. Vaishnavi Konduri, 2. Shanmukhi Udayagiri.

Under-13: 1. K Abhinandana, 2. Veda Sruti.

Under-11: 1. Riya Thakur, 2. Rishika Bhaskar.

Under-9: 1. Sai Vangmayi, 2. Harini Balina.

Under-7: 1. Sereniti Tunki, 2. Sahanya.

 

Special awards:

Best woman player: K Lasya.

Best veteran: PVV Satyanarayana Murthy.